Atualidades

Os desafios mais urgentes da atualidade — da desigualdade económica e da ciberguerra às fraturas políticas e crises financeiras — exigem uma análise lúcida e perspetivas bem informadas. Os livros de Atualidades examinam as forças que estão a remodelar o nosso mundo, oferecendo conhecimentos especializados sobre os sistemas, as políticas e as dinâmicas de poder que definem a vida contemporânea.

Atualidades Resumos de Livros

The End of Reality

por Jonathan Taplin • 2023

Four billionaires want $20 trillion for Mars, the metaverse, crypto, immortality. Who pays?

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Tecnologia

Negócios

Imersivo

The End of Reality

Four billionaires want $20 trillion for Mars, the metaverse, crypto, immortality. Who pays?

por Jonathan Taplin 2023 336 páginas

3.92

500+ avaliações

Política

Tecnologia

Negócios

Autocracy, Inc.

por Anne Applebaum • 2024

A global network of dictators runs autocracies like for-profit firms. Democracies bankroll them.

4.16

18.000+

Política

História

Economia

Autocracy, Inc.

A global network of dictators runs autocracies like for-profit firms. Democracies bankroll them.

por Anne Applebaum 2024 224 páginas

4.16

18.000+ avaliações

Política

História

Economia

The Winner-Take-All Society

por Robert H. Frank • 1995

Why a narrow edge now pays millions across every profession, and what we can do about it.

3.70

257

Economia

Sociologia

Negócios

The Winner-Take-All Society

Why a narrow edge now pays millions across every profession, and what we can do about it.

por Robert H. Frank 1995 288 páginas

3.70

257 avaliações

Economia

Sociologia

Negócios

The Post-American World

por Fareed Zakaria • 2008

American power isn't eroding. A dozen new powers are simply rising alongside it.

3.86

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História

Economia

The Post-American World

American power isn't eroding. A dozen new powers are simply rising alongside it.

por Fareed Zakaria 2008 336 páginas

3.86

12.000+ avaliações

Política

História

Economia

The Great Taking

por David Rogers Webb • 2023

Your stocks aren't yours. They're collateral for a derivatives bet you never made.

4.13

157

Economia

Finanças

Dinheiro

The Great Taking

Your stocks aren't yours. They're collateral for a derivatives bet you never made.

por David Rogers Webb 2023 133 páginas

4.13

157 avaliações

Economia

Finanças

Dinheiro

The Tyranny of Good Intentions

por Paul Craig Roberts • 2000

Good intentions retooled criminal justice into a weapon, and the Constitution is losing.

4.06

127

Política

Direito

História

The Tyranny of Good Intentions

Good intentions retooled criminal justice into a weapon, and the Constitution is losing.

por Paul Craig Roberts 2000 186 páginas

4.06

127 avaliações

Política

Direito

História

Waste Land

por Robert D. Kaplan • 2025

When crises travel instantly but solutions stall at borders, we get one unending emergency.

3.60

500+

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Política

International

Waste Land

When crises travel instantly but solutions stall at borders, we get one unending emergency.

por Robert D. Kaplan 2025 224 páginas

3.60

500+ avaliações

História

Política

International

Crisis Economics

por Nouriel Roubini • 2010

Financial crises are not rare. They are predictable, systemic, and already brewing again.

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Finanças

Negócios

Crisis Economics

Financial crises are not rare. They are predictable, systemic, and already brewing again.

por Nouriel Roubini 2010 368 páginas

3.84

2.000+ avaliações

Economia

Finanças

Negócios

The Dying Citizen

por Victor Davis Hanson • 2021

The four forces dismantling American citizenship are one crisis, each speeding the others.

4.35

1.000+

Política

História

Americano

The Dying Citizen

The four forces dismantling American citizenship are one crisis, each speeding the others.

por Victor Davis Hanson 2021 448 páginas

4.35

1.000+ avaliações

Política

História

Americano

How to Stop Fascism

por Paul Mason • 2021

The antifascist playbook, updated for an era of online radicalization and cascading global crises.

4.05

390

Política

História

Sociologia

How to Stop Fascism

The antifascist playbook, updated for an era of online radicalization and cascading global crises.

por Paul Mason 2021 320 páginas

4.05

390 avaliações

Política

História

Sociologia

How Tyrants Fall

por Marcel Dirsus • 2024

The trap of power: why most dictators meet exile, prison, or a violent end.

3.92

500+

Política

História

Guerra

How Tyrants Fall

The trap of power: why most dictators meet exile, prison, or a violent end.

por Marcel Dirsus 2024 274 páginas

3.92

500+ avaliações

Política

História

Guerra

The Assault on Truth

por Peter Oborne • 2021

Two leaders, one playbook: turn truth into a loyalty test, and watch democracy erode.

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1.000+

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História

Democracy

The Assault on Truth

Two leaders, one playbook: turn truth into a loyalty test, and watch democracy erode.

por Peter Oborne 2021 251 páginas

3.98

1.000+ avaliações

Política

História

Democracy

National Populism

por Roger Eatwell • 2018

National populism isn't a passing fury. It's a lasting demand for voice from a forgotten majority.

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1.000+

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História

Sociologia

National Populism

National populism isn't a passing fury. It's a lasting demand for voice from a forgotten majority.

por Roger Eatwell 2018 374 páginas

3.80

1.000+ avaliações

Política

História

Sociologia

Shattered Nation

por Danny Dorling • 2023

Beneath every British crisis lies a map of inequality decades in the making.

3.97

119

Política

Sociologia

Economia

Shattered Nation

Beneath every British crisis lies a map of inequality decades in the making.

por Danny Dorling 2023 288 páginas

3.97

119 avaliações

Política

Sociologia

Economia

The Invention of Russia

por Arkady Ostrovsky • 2015

Television became the new Kremlin: how post-Soviet Russia was built on air, not on law.

4.01

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Rússia

Política

The Invention of Russia

Television became the new Kremlin: how post-Soviet Russia was built on air, not on law.

por Arkady Ostrovsky 2015 378 páginas

4.01

1.000+ avaliações

História

Rússia

Política

Heroic Failure

por Fintan O'Toole • 2018

Brexit wasn't about economics. It was a culture of glorified defeat and shared self-harm.

4.11

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História

Sociologia

Heroic Failure

Brexit wasn't about economics. It was a culture of glorified defeat and shared self-harm.

por Fintan O'Toole 2018 240 páginas

4.11

2.000+ avaliações

Política

História

Sociologia

Wildland

por Evan Osnos • 2021

Cashflow beats capital gains: the simple formula for separating good real estate deals from bad.

4.22

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Negócios

Finanças

Dinheiro

Wildland

Cashflow beats capital gains: the simple formula for separating good real estate deals from bad.

por Evan Osnos 2021 465 páginas

4.22

2.000+ avaliações

Negócios

Finanças

Dinheiro

Winter Is Coming

por Garry Kasparov • 2015

Western money and misplaced goodwill built Putin's war machine: a warning from the front lines.

4.04

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Rússia

História

Winter Is Coming

Western money and misplaced goodwill built Putin's war machine: a warning from the front lines.

por Garry Kasparov 2015 290 páginas

4.04

3.000+ avaliações

Política

Rússia

História

Eastward to Tartary

por Robert D. Kaplan • 2001

From Budapest to the Caspian, a journey through lands where history refuses to end.

4.05

1.000+

Viagem

História

Política

Eastward to Tartary

From Budapest to the Caspian, a journey through lands where history refuses to end.

por Robert D. Kaplan 2001 385 páginas

4.05

1.000+ avaliações

Viagem

História

Política

House of Trump, House of Putin

por Craig Unger • 2018

Trump's condos laundered billions for the Russian mob, tied to Putin through a single crime boss.

4.02

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História

Rússia

House of Trump, House of Putin

Trump's condos laundered billions for the Russian mob, tied to Putin through a single crime boss.

por Craig Unger 2018 382 páginas

4.02

1.000+ avaliações

Política

História

Rússia

Un-Trumping America

por Dan Pfeiffer • 2020

The GOP was built for Trump long before he came down the escalator.

4.20

2.000+

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História

Americano

Un-Trumping America

The GOP was built for Trump long before he came down the escalator.

por Dan Pfeiffer 2020 273 páginas

4.20

2.000+ avaliações

Política

História

Americano

The Fall of the House of Bush

por Craig Unger • 2007

An alliance of faith and force corrupted intelligence to start a war that broke American power.

204

Política

História

Biografia

The Fall of the House of Bush

An alliance of faith and force corrupted intelligence to start a war that broke American power.

por Craig Unger 2007 448 páginas

204 avaliações

Política

História

Biografia

How Britain Ends

por Gavin Esler • 2021

Brexit did not crack the union; it exposed cracks English nationalism had been opening for decades.

4.09

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História

How Britain Ends

Brexit did not crack the union; it exposed cracks English nationalism had been opening for decades.

por Gavin Esler 2021 320 páginas

4.09

500+ avaliações

Política

História

The Silenced Majority

por Amy Goodman • 2012

The news decides which wars and uprisings didn't happen. Here is what they buried.

4.06

251

Política

Jornalismo

Ativismo

The Silenced Majority

The news decides which wars and uprisings didn't happen. Here is what they buried.

por Amy Goodman 2012 380 páginas

4.06

251 avaliações

Política

Jornalismo

Ativismo

When the Money Runs Out

por Stephen D. King • 2013

Western prosperity was a loan, not a promise. The stagnation now is structural, not a phase.

3.63

206

Economia

Finanças

Política

When the Money Runs Out

Western prosperity was a loan, not a promise. The stagnation now is structural, not a phase.

por Stephen D. King 2013 304 páginas

3.63

206 avaliações

Economia

Finanças

Política

Reckless Endangerment

por Gretchen Morgenson • 2011

Good intentions met Wall Street greed and captured regulators. The crisis was built to order.

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Negócios

Finanças

Reckless Endangerment

Good intentions met Wall Street greed and captured regulators. The crisis was built to order.

por Gretchen Morgenson 2011 331 páginas

3.96

1.000+ avaliações

Economia

Negócios

Finanças

The Growth Map

por Jim O'Neill • 2011

Four giant economies already power a third of global growth, and the next wave is bigger.

3.59

288

Economia

Negócios

Finanças

The Growth Map

Four giant economies already power a third of global growth, and the next wave is bigger.

por Jim O'Neill 2011 256 páginas

3.59

288 avaliações

Economia

Negócios

Finanças

Moveable Feasts

por Sarah Murray • 2007

Rome needed grain ships. Cities need container ports. How moving food built the modern world.

3.55

205

Comida

História

Negócios

Moveable Feasts

Rome needed grain ships. Cities need container ports. How moving food built the modern world.

por Sarah Murray 2007 272 páginas

3.55

205 avaliações

Comida

História

Negócios

Facts and Other Lies

por Ed Coper • 2022

The internet runs on outrage, our brains are built for bias, and facts never stood a chance.

4.16

242

Política

Sociologia

Psicologia

Facts and Other Lies

The internet runs on outrage, our brains are built for bias, and facts never stood a chance.

por Ed Coper 2022 394 páginas

4.16

242 avaliações

Política

Sociologia

Psicologia

Giving Up Is Unforgivable

por Joyce Vance • 2025

Spotting the slow dismantling of democracy, and the citizen playbook for stopping it.

4.28

1.000+

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História

Governo

Giving Up Is Unforgivable

Spotting the slow dismantling of democracy, and the citizen playbook for stopping it.

por Joyce Vance 2025 208 páginas

4.28

1.000+ avaliações

Política

História

Governo

Rebellion

por Robert Kagan • 2024

A 250-year rebellion against America's founding promise is closer to victory than ever.

4.39

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História

Raça

Rebellion

A 250-year rebellion against America's founding promise is closer to victory than ever.

por Robert Kagan 2024 258 páginas

4.39

500+ avaliações

Política

História

Raça

Londonistan

por Melanie Phillips • 2006

Islamist terror's nerve center was London, built with British law and left-wing alliances.

3.60

500+

Política

Islã

Religião

Londonistan

Islamist terror's nerve center was London, built with British law and left-wing alliances.

por Melanie Phillips 2006 200 páginas

3.60

500+ avaliações

Política

Islã

Religião

A Necessary Evil

por Garry Wills • 1999

The Constitution was built for action, not gridlock. How Americans came to believe otherwise.

3.78

196

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Política

America

A Necessary Evil

The Constitution was built for action, not gridlock. How Americans came to believe otherwise.

por Garry Wills 1999 368 páginas

3.78

196 avaliações

História

Política

America

Winner-Take-All Politics

por Jacob S. Hacker • 2010

The top 1% took 36% of income gains over decades. That's not economics; it's politics.

4.04

2.000+

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Economia

História

Winner-Take-All Politics

The top 1% took 36% of income gains over decades. That's not economics; it's politics.

por Jacob S. Hacker 2010 368 páginas

4.04

2.000+ avaliações

Política

Economia

História

Laboratories of Autocracy

por David Pepper • 2021

How statehouses became the most dangerous threat to American democracy, and why nobody noticed.

4.48

338

Política

História

Americano

Laboratories of Autocracy

How statehouses became the most dangerous threat to American democracy, and why nobody noticed.

por David Pepper 2021 452 páginas

4.48

338 avaliações

Política

História

Americano

Iran's Grand Strategy

por Vali Nasr • 2025

Iran looks like a religious crusade. It operates as a nation-state with calculated grand strategy.

4.21

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Política

Irã

Iran's Grand Strategy

Iran looks like a religious crusade. It operates as a nation-state with calculated grand strategy.

por Vali Nasr 2025 408 páginas

4.21

500+ avaliações

História

Política

Irã

Ill Winds

por Larry Diamond • 2019

Democracy is being dismantled not by tanks but through courts, captured media, and laundered money.

3.99

274

Política

História

China

Ill Winds

Democracy is being dismantled not by tanks but through courts, captured media, and laundered money.

por Larry Diamond 2019 368 páginas

3.99

274 avaliações

Política

História

China

The Destructionists

por Dana Milbank • 2022

Gingrich lit the match in 1993. Twenty-five years of arson later, Trump walked through the ashes.

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História

Jornalismo

The Destructionists

Gingrich lit the match in 1993. Twenty-five years of arson later, Trump walked through the ashes.

por Dana Milbank 2022 416 páginas

4.21

1.000+ avaliações

Política

História

Jornalismo

Beyond Outrage

por Robert B. Reich • 2012

The top 1% doubled their share of national income, and then they bought the government.

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Economia

Justiça Social

Beyond Outrage

The top 1% doubled their share of national income, and then they bought the government.

por Robert B. Reich 2012 72 páginas

4.06

2.000+ avaliações

Política

Economia

Justiça Social

Dangerous Charisma

por Jerrold M. Post • 2019

A CIA profiler diagnosed malignant narcissism. The surprise was how perfectly it fit his followers.

3.56

186

Psicologia

Política

Biografia

Dangerous Charisma

A CIA profiler diagnosed malignant narcissism. The surprise was how perfectly it fit his followers.

por Jerrold M. Post 2019 352 páginas

3.56

186 avaliações

Psicologia

Política

Biografia

The New Rulers of the World

por John Pilger • 2002

The global economy was built on mass graves. A reporter shows you who filled them.

4.14

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Política

História

Economia

The New Rulers of the World

The global economy was built on mass graves. A reporter shows you who filled them.

por John Pilger 2002 192 páginas

4.14

1.000+ avaliações

Política

História

Economia

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